What's in the Way Is the Way
A Practical Guide for Waking Up to Life
by Mary O'Malley
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Pub Date Jan 01 2016 | Archive Date Nov 16 2015
Sounds True Publishing | Sounds True
Description
Imagine for a moment that you had no pressures in your life—no problems to fix, no deadlines to meet, no struggles to overcome. Do you feel that sense of spacious relief? It’s not an illusion, teaches Mary O’Malley. It really is possible to live with that profound openness all the time, even while tending to your everyday tasks and obligations. In What’s in the Way Is the Way, Mary offers practical guidance for meeting all of your experience with an abiding sense of ease, trust, and peace of mind.
This accessible book is divided into ten phases, featuring inspiring wisdom and step-by-step exercises to heal the core beliefs that keep you stuck. With each chapter, Mary invites you to come into the present and see yourself and your circumstances in a different way—unclouded by preconceptions, struggle, or fear. Join her on this illuminating journey to discover:
• How fear controls our lives—untangling the conditioning that keeps us from trusting our complete experience
• The healing power of curiosity—a natural way to meet our lives without needing to change or judge anything
• Trusting what happens even when we feel threatened, ashamed, or afraid
• Why we become more active, engaged, and effective when we stop "doing" life and start being fully present for our lives
• Remembering exercises—simple, powerful practices for reconnecting with our natural state of curiosity, trust and love
"No object, person, or experience will ever bring you the deep and lasting peace that comes from simply being open to life," writes Mary. With What’s in the Way Is the Way, this renowned teacher brings you a powerful guide for turning your obstacles into your greatest allies and teachers—and showing up for your life with all your vulnerability, passion, and magnificent perfection.
A Note From the Publisher
Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch
Advance Praise
“Awakening is powerful medicine. A book to live with, learn from, and treasure.
CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, MD, OB/GYN physician and author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
“These teachings open you to mystery; they bring freedom, joy, and ease.”
JACK KORNFIELD, founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and author of A Path With Heart
“Buddha said you could look the whole world over and never find anyone more deserving of love than yourself. Mary O’Malley awakens us again and again to the startling wonder of what lies beyond our workable hindrances, the liberation of our luminous nature.”
STEPHEN LEVINE, author of A Year to Live
“This is the most no-nonsense, grounded, accessible spirituality you will ever come across. I love Mary’s teachings. They are simple and practical yet awesomely profound, and offer hope to those in even the darkest places. Her message is medicine for the world.”
JEFF FOSTER, author of The Deepest Acceptance
“This beautiful book is filled with heart wisdom. Mary O’Malley’s teachings are simple, deep, and profoundly transforming . . . they will guide you in letting go and trusting life.”
TARA BRACH, PHD, author of Radical Acceptance
“Down-to-earth and joyful! Mary’s words offer a healing path for all who wish to travel away from self-limiting views toward freedom of heart.”
SHARON SALZBERG, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and author of Real Happiness
“A gentle, loving guide to a happier and more peaceful life. Everyone can benefit from the wise words in this book.”
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening
“Mary O’Malley’s book shares meaningful information and wisdom. I know from my experience that she speaks the truth, and her guidance can make a significant difference in how we manage our journey through life.”
BERNIE SIEGEL, MD, author of 365 Prescriptions for the Soul and The Art of Healing
“I love Mary’s style. It’s obvious that her words come from an honest heart—one that has known both rapture and heartbreak. Mary has learned to live in a way that’s open to life. This book shares in a very clear and concise way how you too can learn to use what’s in the way as the way to your own personal freedom.”
CHRIS GROSSO, author of Indie Spiritualist and Everything Mind
“It is a sincere relief to read a book that so clearly demystifies the precise things which I have been working on lately. With What’s in the Way Is the Way, Mary O’Malley has scripted a pathway through confusion into the light of our own consciousness. It is chock full of signposts and refuses to allow you to remain lost. This is a book that everyone should read, particularly those whose lives have been touched by addiction (and that is everyone).”
TOMMY ROSEN, author of Recovery 2.0
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781622035243 |
| PRICE | $18.99 (USD) |
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